An official handbook from the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, the European Patents Handbook is your definitive guide to patents, with practical assistance for handling every aspect of European patent procedures. This essential reference:

Discusses all aspects of a patent from the application process to the granting of a patent

Shows you how to handle national patents resulting from European patent applications

Looks at areas of dispute in patent law

Introduces new areas of development which have arisen within patent law

Examines the special procedures required for biotechnical and microbiological inventions

Analyses the key decisions of the EPO Board of Appeals and the consequences for patent law practice

Evaluates the difference between a European patent, and national patents and applications

Written from a practitioners perspective

Keeps subscribers fully informed with the latest UPC developments

CONTENTS

The Patent Systems in Europe

The European Patent Organization

Patentability of Inventions

General Procedures of the EPO

Methods of Payment of Official Fees

Representation of Applications

Institute of Professional Representatives

The European Qualifying Examination

Preparing for a Specification

Filing a European Patent Application

Renewal Fees

Change of Ownership

Prosecution

Divisional Applications

Withdrawal and Abandonment

The Role of the EPO under the PCT

Prosecution Resulting From an International Patent Application

Biological Inventions

Computer-related Inventions

Time Limits

Correction of Errors

Appeals

Online Procedures

Grant of a European Patent

Term and Maintenance

SPCs

Amendment

Opposition

Interpretation of Common Provisions

Licensing

Exhaustion of IP Rights

Change of Ownership

Enforcement and Revocation

Effect of a European Patent Application

Community Patents

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